Supreme Court issues new protest ban

6/13/13 6:52 PM EDT

Fresh on the heels of a court decision striking down a ban on protests on Supreme Court grounds, the court issued a new rule Thursday banning demonstrations.

The new regulation, approved by the chief justice and effective as of Thursday, says "no person shall engage in a demonstration within the Supreme Court building and grounds. The term 'demonstration' includes demonstrations, picketing, speechmaking, marching, holding vigils or religious services and all other like forms of conduct that involve the communication or expression of views or grievances, engaged in by one or more persons, the conduct of which is reasonably likely to draw a crowd or onlookers. The term does not include casual use by visitors or tourists that is not reasonably likely to attract a crowd or onlookers."

On Tuesday, a D.C. District Court judge struck down the Supreme Court's previous ban on protests, saying the law was overbroad and unreasonably restrictive of free speech.

The previous rule made it illegal to “parade, stand or move in processions or assemblages” on Supreme Court grounds or to display a “flag, banner or device designed or adapted to bring into public notice a party, organization or movement.”

The court had argued that the rule was necessary to ensure the ability of people to enter and leave the building and for ‘preserving the appearance of the Court as a body not swayed by external influence,’ but Judge Beryl A. Howell said it violated the First Amendment for the court to "so broadly" restrict expression to achieve those goals.